Tag: natural gas

February 27, 2024

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) announced the opening of two new fueling stations that offer heavy-duty truck and other fleet vehicles renewable natural gas (RNG), one of the only fuels that receives a carbon-negative rating. A station in North […]

February 9, 2024

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) announced the successful completion and operational launch of its latest renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility at Tri-Cross Dairy in Viborg, South Dakota. The new RNG facility sits on a 5,000-cow dairy farm and […]

July 11, 2023

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CWST), a regional solid waste, recycling, and resource management services company, and Waga Energy (EPA: WAGA), a global expert in the production of renewable natural gas (“RNG”) from landfills, announced the signing of a commercial […]

June 12, 2023

Food waste is a huge issue for landfills and the environment, but one company in California is working to digest food waste into renewable natural gas. Looking at satellite images, the biggest methane producers in the state of California are […]

June 5, 2023

If the Alabama test has any implications for the broader hydrogen industry, it suggests mixing the fuel with natural gas could hold even greater potential for existing natural gas plants than previously supposed. But don’t expect to see utilities blending […]

April 13, 2023

Electricity price increases have slowed since 2022 when consumers paid 14.3% more than in 2021, reflecting a decline in overall inflation that peaked last June at 9.1%. Electric demand in the second quarter is down about 1% from the same […]

March 15, 2023

The U.S. Department of Transportation opened applications Tuesday for the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program, a $2.5 billion, five-year program to support community and neighborhood electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The first round of funding will make $700 million […]

February 13, 2023

San Antonio-based CPS Energy has secured approximately 650 MW of natural gas, solar and energy storage to finalize its FlexPOWER Bundle Initiative. The FlexPOWER Bundle initiative aims to further diversify CPS Energy’s power generation mix, adding up to 900 MW […]

January 3, 2023

Power generators have faced challenges the past few years when it comes to sourcing equipment, and in some cases workers. The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, notably issues with supply chains, still ripples across the industry. Some of the logistical […]

November 7, 2022

NET Power announced a plan to develop and build its first utility-scale natural gas-fired plant with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). The NET Power capture system utilizes the Allam-Fetvedt Cycle, combusting natural gas with oxygen, as opposed to air, and […]

August 26, 2022

Electric power generated from U.S. natural-gas fired plants reached 6.37 million MWh on July 21, a record high according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Hourly Electric Grid Monitor. The EIA said despite relatively high natural gas prices, demand for […]

August 9, 2022

Developers and project planners expect to add 29.4 GW of new generating capacity in the U.S. in the second half of 2022, nearly double the 15.1 GW added in the first half of the year, the Energy Information Administration reported […]

July 12, 2022

The debate over New Jersey’s gas needs comes amid a broad argument over the future of existing and planned U.S. natural gas infrastructure as the effects of climate change grow. New Jersey aims to have emissions-free energy by 2050. The […]

June 13, 2022

The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) said it expects U.S. natural gas spot prices to rise again in June and remain high through the rest of the year. Natural gas spot prices at the Henry Hub benchmark in Louisiana […]

May 26, 2022

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently opened the application period for the new Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant program. The program will offer nearly $200 million in grants annually over the next five years […]

May 13, 2022

How Washington, D.C., reaches 2050 carbon neutrality could depend on the cost of renewable natural gas — which electrification advocates say is likely to be expensive. Washington Gas in 2020 filed a Climate Business Plan that called for using renewable […]

February 3, 2022

The Biden administration has made clear its intention to promote the transition to clean energy, setting ambitious goals like carbon neutrality for the power sector by 2035 and for the entire country by 2050. A critical step toward these goals […]

January 11, 2022

Nothing exemplifies the irrational utility business model more than the billions of dollars companies have wasted on the massive buildout of natural gas capacity over the last decade, ignoring obvious market trends favoring renewables and energy storage. One great tool […]

November 22, 2021

Last year, natural gas utility leaders faced many unknowns amid global electrification and new voluntary utility decarbonization targets. I posited here last spring that voluntary customer programs could play a powerful role for utilities looking to decarbonize natural gas in […]

November 18, 2021

NET Power said the breakthrough occurred at its 50 MWth facility in La Porte, Texas, which achieved grid sync in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region. “This is a Wright-brothers-first-flight kind of breakthrough for energy— zero-emission, low-cost electricity […]